Abstract
Utilities are proposing changes to residential rate structures to address concerns about lost revenue due to increased adoption of distributed solar generation. An investigation of the impacts of increased fixed charges, minimum bills and residential demand charges on PV and non-PV customer bills suggests that minimum bills more accurately capture utilities' revenue requirement than fixed charges, while not acting as a disincentive to efficiency or negatively impacting low-income customers.
Original language | American English |
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Pages (from-to) | 43-58 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Electricity Journal |
Volume | 28 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2015 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2015 Elsevier Inc.
NREL Publication Number
- NREL/JA-6A20-64849
Keywords
- distributed solar
- rate design
- residential solar
- utility rate